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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the only problem with the math is that it is clear ATS would be the school moving (if it happens) and it needs 650 seats. Several ATS parents have posted on AEM that they received notices that they're adding one grade per level and county 2021 projections echo that. Tuckahoe is trailered out, not more land for more so is capped way under that needed seats number. If ATS moves it needs more room than that very old school/land. Sure if the County Board were to eliminate the fields next to the school or remodel. But neither one is likely, one costs money, actually I guess both would cost money. So if one of these choice programs moves (read we all know it would be ATS) then it would have to be to a spot with more space for trailers or ATS size would need to be cut which I think we all know would never happen. So which of the schools has space for said 650 students? [/quote]

ATS is currently at 538, and Tuckahoe has 545 seats without trailers. If they decide to move ATS, they can always revisit the issue of how many classes ATS has (I tried to find the AEM posts you referenced but couldn't so I don't know exactly what the notices said).[/quote]

SOmething like 120 of that 545 is in trailers. They are just considered perm seats now. APS has all the trailer data on their website, you can see which schools have trailers as perm seats ect. [/quote]

Can you provide a link to this? I can't find it on the site and it's not consistent with the data I have found:

* https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Capacity_Utilization_FallProjections17-26_Final_Web.pdf - Shows Tuckahoe with capacity of 545, footnote says "Capacity only includes permanent seats [i]in the school building[/i]." (emphasis mine)

* https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Facilities-Optimization-Study.pdf - Shows Tuckahoe with capacity of 545 "Not Including Relocatable Classrooms"; also shows that Tuckahoe currently has four relocatable classrooms (and no capacity for additional relocatable classrooms) providing an extra 96 potential seats, making maximum capacity with relocatables 641.[/quote]

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